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- H. M. VIETS.-

- Milk Can.

No. 84,921. Patented Dec. 15, 1868,

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Letters Patent No. 84,921, dated December 15, 1868.

IMPROVED MILK-CAN}.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern.-

Figure 2 is a vertical section.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the different views.

The object of 'this invention is to provide a can in which milk is to beplaced for transportation, and which will tend to keep the milk cool,and prevent its souring; and

It consists in placing one or more ice-vessels within the milk-can, andthe means by which such vessels are held in their proper position in thecan.

A represents the can, which may be of the ordinary shape. 1 7

On the inside of the cover of the can is secured the hook B, fig. 2, onwhich is hung the shank G, by means of an eye, D.

To this shank are attached the vessels E, by means of the arms a.

These vessels may be made in any desirable shape, those representedbeing tubular. They may also ,be

one or more in number, and are for the purpose of holding ice, which maybe packed in them with any of the materials used in packing ice. Thelids b are then secured thereon.

The can is filled with milk, which, coming in contact with the, coldsurface of the ice-vessels, cools wit, and prevents its becoming injuredby the heat,

which is often the case when being transported, the

agitation and heat, consequent on moving the can to any distance in warmweather, often materially injuring the milk. But, by this arrangement,the agitation brings the milk in contact with the outside of theice-vessels, and efiectually cools it.

These vessels can bedetached from the can, which is independent of them,when the milk-can may be used as any common milk-can, without any of thedevices for holding the ice-vessels being retained in the can.

I am aware that coolers or ice-vessels placed in a milk-can have beenused, and I do not broadly claim the use of such coolers; but

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The ice-vessels E E, with the shank O and arms a a, hook B, on the lidof can A, and eye D, all constructed and adapted to the uses andpurposes, in the manner substantially as described.

H. M. VIETS.

Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDG-E, E. E. WAITE.

